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List:       kde-look
Subject:    Re: Notification queue
From:       "Friedrich W. H. Kossebau" <Friedrich.W.H () Kossebau ! de>
Date:       2002-09-03 22:23:32
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Eric Ellsworth schrieb:
> 
> Hi there,
>         It seems to me that there's great potential in KPassivePopup for making a
> notification queue.  I've heard many, many complaints about apps or dialogs
> stealing the focus from the user.  Nonetheless, it's equally troubling to
> have an app block or timeout when it needs only a little bit of direction
> from a user.
> 
> What if apps directed their messages to the user through a notification queue,
> which could use KPassivePopup to keep a list of the things the system wants
> to tell the user?  I could envision:
>         New mail
>         Process ending (if konsole passes the output to the notification queue)
>         Apps waiting for user input
>         Instant message
>         PIM reminders
>         Error messages
> using the notification queue.
>         There would clearly need to message priorities, ways to flush messages, ways
> to ignore messages, etc.
> 
> Overall, though, I think it could be a nice compact window into what all's
> going on in your computer.
> 
> Reactions?

Yes, do it! :)

Funny, comes so close to a former suggestion of me:
http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-look&m=98294780630209&w=2

Could be a compact window, too, but a kicker extension is always
accessible, at the same place and uses less space... 

Anyway, yes, code it! :-))

Friedrich

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